You are the burning   The flame that is turning   My smoldering ash into a bird      So stay, close my brother   I couldn't stand the loss   You are the bridge of action      I need you to help me cross   I need you to help me      So when you break   My arms   I'll take hold of you   I know your heart is a hand   That takes hold of me      My hand that is breaking   Is the hand that is making   All the dead things in me grow   The gift of a holy loss   This burning at the dross      So when you break   My arms I'll take hold of you   I know your heart is a hand   That takes hold of me      Why do you set out   To break the one thing, the one thing   That I have to give?   It's hard to believe that I could, that I should   Begin again   But I know your heart is a hand      So when I break   Your arms   You'll take hold of me   You know my heart's a hand that takes hold of you   So when you break   My arms   I'll take hold of you   I know your heart is a hand that takes hold of me   So when you break   My arms   I'll take hold of you   I know your heart is a hand that takes hold of me